Brownfield And Greenfield Sites

Question 1

Dereliction

Answer 1

.Refers to buildings that have become dilapadated after being abandoned
. Often caused by industrial decline in urban areas

Question 2

Brownfield site

Answer 2

. Piece of land which has already had some construction, may well now be derelict
. Building on them reduces urban sprawl as the green belt is not built on
. Road networks already exist
. Planning permission is easier as its already been built on
. In LICs derelict land is less common

Question 3

Community action group pros

Answer 3

. Direct interest, stakeholder
. Local knowledge
. Part of community - dont migrate away
. Know what they want
. More likely to invest in the area

Question 4

Community action groups cons

Answer 4

. Insufficient as they dont think think large scale and are only focussedon their needs, not the wider issue
. Too many ideas, hard to focus and slows the development down

Question 5

Why was London cosen for the olympics?

Answer 5

. Regeneration was emphasised as part of the bid

. Sustainability and ‘legacy’ were pillars of London’s bid

Question 6

Stratford in London background

Answer 6

. 5 GCSEs at A*-C - olympic area at 51% vs 57% in London overall
. Family income - olympic area at
£28,900 vs £37,000 in London overall
. Unemployment rate - olympic area at 7.8% vs 4.5% in London overall

Question 7

Why was Stratford chosen

Answer 7

London’s bid was one of the most compact Olympic Parks – only about 2 ½ square kilometres, so minimal impact on land use in the area

Sizeable available brownfield sites for redevelopment

Suitable location for further post-Games industry e.g. the media centre, where 20,000 people worked during the Games, was planned for conversion into one of Europe’s largest data storage centres

Question 8

Social impacts of the park

Answer 8

. Better image for London and East End
. The UK government invested £300 million to transform the Olympic site into the “Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park”, which includes housing, new schools, health centres, business space and sports venues

Question 9

Hosuing in the olympic park

Answer 9

. 9000 new homes in total
. The Olympic Village was converted into more than 2,800 flats in 11 residential plots, with spacious courtyards, gardens and balconies.
. Five new neighbourhoods are being established around the park to include 11,000 residences, one third of which will be affordable housing
. The London Olympic Athletes’ Village is the largest sustainable homes project in the UK.

Question 10

Environmental impacts of the park

Answer 10

. More than 2.3 million cubic metres of contaminated soil cleared
. £6.5 billion invested in transport infrastructure
. 60 Games-related projects promoted greener travel, including a £10 million investment to upgrade pedestrian and cycling routes across London
. More than 98 percent of the demolition waste from decrepit buildings that were torn down was recycled
. Over 1,000 new trees were planted in East London
. 54 hectares of habitat developed

Question 11

Economic impacts of the park

Answer 11

More than 46,000 people worked on the Olympic Park and Olympic Village, 10 percent of whom were previously unemployed